This month, Sacramento Metro Chamber President & CEO Robert Heidt marks a formidable milestone – 25 years of service within the chamber trade. After an extended and distinguished profession serving chambers throughout the nation, Heidt joined the Sacramento Metro Chamber in January 2024.
Heidt’s background consists of serving within the U.S. Air Drive and dealing in a number of on line casino advertising roles in Las Vegas earlier than switching his focus to the chamber trade. In March 2001, he started his chamber profession as Director of Member Providers & Group Relations for the Las Vegas (NV) Chamber. He later served as Chief Working Officer/SVP for the Austin (TX) Chamber, adopted by his first prime management position as President & CEO with the Cape Ann Chamber in Gloucester (MA). He then moved to the southwest the place he served as President & CEO for the Glendale Chamber (AZ), earlier than relocating to Sacramento to function President & CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber.
Heidt was chosen for his management position within the Capital Metropolis partly based mostly on his confirmed monitor document of enhancing organizational tradition, creating real group relationships, designing providers that add worth to membership, plus his means to efficiently create and maintain momentum for a chamber group.
In simply two years main the Sacramento Metro Chamber, he has made vital contributions to the group, only a few of which embody the next:
- Passage of Proposition 36: Underneath Heidt’s management and with key companions akin to Sacramento County District Lawyer Thien Ho and Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, the Metro Chamber absolutely supported and was the first convener that in the end led to the profitable passage of Proposition 36 (December 2024) to assist tackle the rising subject of retail theft dealing with the area’s enterprise group.
- Acquisition of Sacramento Audio system Collection: A mission within the works that began quickly after his arrival in Sacramento, Heidt led the trouble for the Sacramento Metro Chamber Basis to accumulate the Sacramento Audio system Collection in September 2025. The Sacramento Audio system Collection is the newest signature initiative added to the Chamber’s massively profitable applications that additionally embody the Annual Dinner & Enterprise Awards, Capitol-to-Capitol, and Examine Mission.
- Greater than Doubled Membership: Within the span of two brief years and after appreciable time, consideration, and group focus, Sacramento Metro Chamber membership has greater than doubled and is now approaching 2,000 members.
Many different people and/or former colleagues have been following his profession journey and share these ideas:
Darrell Teat, At Giant Government Committee Member of the Sacramento Metro Chamber Board of Administrators, who helped lead the nationwide seek for a everlasting substitute in late 2023, shared why Robert was and stays an ideal match for Sacramento: “Robert was chosen to steer the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce as a result of he’s an undeniably efficient chief and a revered Chamber trade knowledgeable. He brings a collaborative, relationship-centric strategy to enterprise and is dedicated to supporting the development of companies of all sizes throughout the Better Sacramento Area. His deal with including worth to the ecosystem that helps our enterprise group, paired with a transparent imaginative and prescient for strengthening alternatives for entrepreneurs and small companies, positions our area to not simply survive, however thrive.”
Dave Roughton, who was Interim CEO for the Sacramento Metro Chamber simply earlier than Heidt joined the Chamber, shares these ideas: “From the very starting, it was clear Robert’s best energy was his means to construct significant and productive relationships. On day one, he demonstrated a pure expertise for connecting with individuals – whether or not colleagues, members, or companions – in a means that was each real and strategic. He listens actively, understands what others worth, and creates an environment of belief that makes individuals need to collaborate with him.”
“It’s been considered one of my joys to see him fall in love with the chamber trade like so many people have,” stated Kara Kelley, former CEO of the Las Vegas Chamber and founding father of The Kelley
Firm. “The most effective chamber executives are those that perceive the worth of a chamber to the group, and who create a worth proposition that resonates with enterprise of us. At Robert’s core, he genuinely cares about individuals and that is a crucial and demanding attribute as a way to achieve success within the chamber trade.”
“Congratulations on attaining 25 years of Chamber of Commerce service,” stated Sidney Hendrickson, former Vice President of Membership & Group Relations for the Las Vegas Chamber. “Robert has been a devoted servant-leader since he started his journey for the Las Vegas Chamber, attaining phenomenal targets for himself and the Chambers he served alongside the way in which. I’m pleased with him!”
“¡Enhorabuena! I’m deeply grateful to have met such a unprecedented and compassionate particular person who has profoundly impacted my profession, my life, and my coronary heart,” stated Maria R. Brunner, former and first Latina Chair of the Board in 2018 and Co-Chair of the Army and Veterans Affairs Committee for the Glendale Arizona Chamber of Commerce. “Management shines by his character and spirit. He has given me the boldness to search out my voice and attempt for excellence and to encourage others by mentorship and assist. He has proven me that when somebody takes the time to mentor, uplift and information you, it conjures up a perception in your self that may actually rework your path. I can not absolutely categorical my gratitude for all that Robert has executed for me. Solely that, I maintain the utmost respect and I’m sincerely honored to name him my buddy. Congratulations and cheers to a different 25 years!”
In March 2025, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named Heidt as considered one of 16 executives appointed to its prestigious Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 (CCC100). Along with serving on quite a few native boards, Heidt can be an energetic board member of the Affiliation of Chamber of Commerce Executives, the place he serves as Chair of ACCE’s Fringe Advantages and Insurance coverage Board and is a member of the Management Variety Program. Heidt acquired an undergraduate diploma from Minot State College and is a graduate of the Western Affiliation of Chamber Executives Academy program.
Extra details about Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce applications, advantages of membership, and extra is offered at www.metrochamber.org.
